From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 17:34:47 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] graph: fix case that hit assert()
Message-ID: <xmqqa76x3l8o.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqd0bv3pin.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> "Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> From: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] graph: fix case that hit assert()
>>
>> A failure was reported in "git log --graph --all" with the new
>> graph-rendering logic. The code fails an assert() statement when
>> collapsing multiple edges from a merge.
>>
>> The assert was introduced by eaf158f8 (graph API: Use horizontal
>> lines for more compact graphs, 2009-04-21), which is quite old.
>> This assert is trying to say that when we complete a horizontal
>> line with a single slash, it is because we have reached our target.
>>
>> This assertion is hit when we have two collapsing lines from the
>> same merge commit, as follows:
>>
>>     | | | | *
>>     | |_|_|/|
>>     |/| | |/
>>     | | |/|
>>     | |/| |
>>     | * | |
>>     * | | |
>
> I was sort-of expecting to see
> ...
> near the beginning of this commit, though.

Will do this locally before using them in rc2.

Thanks.